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by gaius 3916 days ago
Because we have a single-generation home ownership culture. In Germany and France, most people rent their whole lives and never own. In Switzerland (not EU I know but just for example) you get a 100-year mortgage and pay it off over 3 generations. This is NOTHING to do with an oil sheik buying a £10M mansion - he is not even in the same property market as you are.